Correct or Incorrect and WHY?
Incorrect
Inane means foolish or stupid, so it doesn't make sense that someone who is inane would get the highest grade
Torture
Great physical or mental suffering
I knew my dog was the ______ because the house smelled like wet dog.
Culprit
The offender or guilty person
To agree
Concur
Furious
Example: My coach was furious when I missed the goal because I wasn't paying attention.
I asked Santa to pass a law, but he said he didn't have the jurisdiction to make that happen.
Correct
Jurisdiction means power or range of authority, it therefore makes sense that Santa wouldn't have the authority to pass a law.
Awkward
Uncomfortable, hard to deal with
Admonish
To warn or scold against some undesired behavior
unchecked, without barriers
Rampant
Curt
rudely brief, or rudely abrupt
Example: The sales person was curt with me when I asked for a lower price.
Example: Don't be curt with your friends just because they annoy you.
There was a paucity of food at Thanksgiving and I ate three helpings!
Incorrect.
Paucity means shortage or small number, if you had three helpings then there was not a shortage
Tolerate
To allow, to put up with
Clandestine
Secret or undercover, you would want to keep such a mission or plan a secret
Impunity
Hoaxes
Frauds, sometimes humorous deceptions
Example: The teacher pulled a hoax on us by telling us we had homework over the summer.
World war 2 was a skirmish because it was huge.
Incorrect
Skirmish is a small fight, so a war wouldn't be described as a skirmish.
Duress
Only the Superintendent has the _______________ to cancel my detention.
Jurisdiction
Blameworthy (worthy of blame), deserving of punishment
Reprehensible
Pernicious
having a harmful effect.
Example: The bullying she received as a kid was pernicious and led to her low self-esteem.
His ex-wife was so acrimonious to him, because of how big a present he had gotten his new girlfriend.
Correct.
Acrimonious means bitter or caustic, it makes sense that an ex-wife would be bitter about a present to a new girlfriend.
Duplicity
Double-dealing, deceitful
I couldn't contain my jealousy and I had a ________ of anger at my boyfriend.
Paroxysm- means a sudden outburst or violent attack of emotion
outrageously bad or horrible
Egregious
Note that flagrant is similar but to be flagrant it must also be obvious
Implacable
Unable to be changed. Unstoppable
Example: My desire to always be right was implacable when I was younger.
Inexorable is a synonym